Though Chekhov and Millay both have works sharing the same title, de Vere's stands alone for its spiritual gravity: "Grief should be, Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate; Confirming, cleansing, raising, making free..."

One of Keats' six "Odes of 1819" and best regarded works, he wrote it in a day after watching a nightingale build a nest in a plum tree. "'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness."

Considered a visionary of the Romantic Age for his literary and visual art, you might enjoy Blake's entire collection featuring his illustrations. Songs of Innocence appeals to children's joy and whimsy. Songs of Experience is more contemplative.

The most famous American folk song: "This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the New York Island, from the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters, this land was made for you and me."